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Bulgaria’s solar awakening

As a new entrant to Europe’s solar “gigawatt club,” Bulgaria’s PV sector is enjoying a long-awaited boom. However, numerous challenges cast a shadow over the country’s solar prospects, raising the question of whether it can keep the momentum going.

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Marija Maisch

08 Feb 2024

Developer Inercom has installed 400 MW of solar in Bulgaria using heterojunction modules over the last two years. | Photo: Inercom

Only a few years ago, it seemed unlikely that solar rollout in Bulgaria would ramp up to make it one of Europe’s most dynamic PV markets. Alongside 13 other European Union member states, Bulgaria closed 2023 with more than a gigawatt of new PV generation capacity on its grid. That brought the nation’s cumulative total …

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